How to get unit art into a button?

[zulu9812]

Most of the units here at civfanatics are released without buttons. There are plenty of tutorials on the mechanics of making a button: that's fine. But rather than hunting for an image on the internet that approximates the unit in question, I would like to take the art direct from the unit itself. Is there an easy to do this?

2 methods I've considered so far:

1. Taking a screenshot from Civilopedia

problems with this - can't zoom the pedia scene

2. Taking a screenshot from within Sceneviewer

problems with this - can't pose the unit, it's just in an 'X' pose

Any suggestions?

 

[mechaerik]

Snap it in NifScope after you've attached an animation.

 

[Edgecrusher]

I ususlly just snap a picture in NifSkope.,

The buttons are usually only the chest up, so being in the "x" position isnt really a problem.

 

[zulu9812]

Snap it in NifScope after you've attached an animation.

Yep, I've just found it under spells. Originally, I thought it had to be a .kfm and so didn't realise that it could be individual .kf's, cheers.

 

[Tholish]

You can just take a screenshot of the unit in game, then rescale and cut it until you get a button sized dds. And in fact you can zoom the pedia scene, in a way--thats what iScale in UnitArtInfos does.

 

[NikNaks]

1. Taking a screenshot from Civilopedia

problems with this - can't zoom the pedia scene

Have you tried hovering over the frame, holding the middle button and moving up and down? That zooms the scene in and out for me.

 

[zulu9812]

Have you tried hovering over the frame, holding the middle button and moving up and down? That zooms the scene in and out for me.

Took me a while to figure this one out. Yes, I can hold down the scroll wheel and move the whole mouse to move. Still not great though - I can't vary the angle, so it just zooms to the guy's crotch (rather than his face).

EDIT: Aha! I can hold down the right mouse button and move the whole mouse in order to raise the camera! Learn something new everyday!